Lagen Spatial to Distribute MapText’s Labeling Software in Australia

Plainsboro, New Jersey - August 8, 2006

MapText, Inc. and spatial solutions provider Lagen Spatial today announced that Lagen will distribute MapText's market leading labeling solutions SmartLabel, Label-EZ and Label-Web, in Australia.

Lagen Spatial Managing Director, Brett Madsen said, "By embracing this suite of products we can now offer expanded and improved solutions to our client base. We’ve partnered with MapText to expand the use of these great products into the Australian market. The MapText range is truly the best product of its type available and represents excellent value for money,” explained Brett. He also added: "When clients purchase any of the MapText products from us, they get a great product backed by our comprehensive support and training. It’s our job to make sure clients get the most out of their software investment."

SmartLabel is an integrated text placement solution for MapInfo Professional that provides high aesthetic quality label placement.

Label-EZ is the world's leading cartographic text placement solution today. It places names on maps according to the highest cartographic standards, quickly and cost-effectively. It is easy to configure, can run in batch mode in map production environments, and is compatible with all major GIS systems.

Label-Web is MapText's dynamic text placement engine for GeoMedia WebMap. It places text in accordance with cartographic rules and conventions and ensures unambiguous text-to-feature association. Most importantly, it achieves fast, aesthetic and high-quality label placement in an on-the-fly manner.

"MapText is proud to provide high-quality text placement technology to Lagen Spatial's clients in Australia. Recently we have seen growing interest in GIS-related applications and more specifically in our text placement solutions in Australia. Our goal is to provide clients with the capability to create high-quality maps. We are certain that MapText's partnership with Lagen is a big step in this direction," Rishi Mehra, MapText's Sales and Business Development Manager, commented.

About MapText, Inc.

MapText is the leading label-placement solutions provider for local, state, and national government mapping agencies worldwide.  Its software places text automatically for virtually any kind of map or chart - to high cartographic standards and at incredible speed. The software is in use worldwide for making city street maps, highway maps, cadastral maps, soil maps, utility maps, as well as nautical and aeronautical charts. For more information, visit MapText's website at www.maptext.com.

About Lagen Spatial

Lagen Spatial are specialist GIS consulting and solutions providers, and has clients in all three levels of government, as well as utilities, engineering and resource companies. Further product information can be found on the Lagen Spatial website www.lagenspatial.com.au. Please direct all sales inquiries to Alison Allan, PH: 02 9545 7740, alison@lagenspatial.com.au and media inquiries to Brett Madsen at brett@lagenspatial.com.au .

 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, contact:
MapText Sales Department
T. +1 609-716-7552   Email. sales@maptext.com